5'8, 130 pounds and 21% body fat. Advice please.

Beginner lifter here. December 1st will be 3 months training.

I started out at 115 and probably around 10-13 percent body fat. I took my shirt off and took a pic for the 1st time just to see if I had any results and to my surprise I looked flabby as hell in the gut and chest.

My arms and shoulders seem to have made some small gains but overall with a shirt off I overall look worse than I did before I started training. With clothes on however I look better so it's frustrating.

My diet while not perfect these last few months, wasn't awful either. I don't stuff my face with fast food barely at all and don't drink anything besides water and sometime orange juice.

I'm planning on cutting and leaning out and basically starting over with a strict diet but it just seems crazy to me that I am only 130 pounds and still very underweight and have to cut.

Cliffs
- Started out 5'8 115 low BF% before lifting
- 3 months into training trying to gain weight and muscle put on 15 pounds but body fat is now in the low 20's
- look terrible with shirt off, flabby chest and stomach
- planning on cutting and basically starting fresh with a strict diet and lifting.

Also let me add that I am still skinny as hell everywhere else besides chest and stomach. Twig legs and bone arms, although I have got positive small gains in biceps/triceps and my shoulders are a bit broader.

Maybe cut while lifting, do not "bulk" more, chances are you don't have basic strength (your NMS is not good enough yet) so there's no point in eating a lot extra for muscle gains. Go back down to 10-12% and slowly, slowly add mass.

ps. This reminds me of myself. I am now 5'9" 165lbs at 16-18% bf. I have huge quads though. I also did GOMAD and I'm not an ectomorph which was stupid. I still have crappy lifts. I have been wanting to check my test but haven't yet.

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